Banning mobile phones may improve students' academic results
An impressive study recently published has found that banning mobile phones in schools improves the academic results of students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds or who are underachieving.
The research was carried out at Birmingham, London, Leicester and Manchester schools before and after bans were introduced. It factored in characteristics such as gender, eligibility for free school meals, special educational needs status and prior educational attainment.
It also found that schools which did not enforce the ban adequately did not see any improvement in their academic results, providing further evidence that the ban was responsible for the improvement. The study also ensured that other policies which may have affected the results were not introduced. It also conducts a placebo test to ensure that ongoing trends were not responsible for the improvement.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/may/16/schools-mobile-phones-academic-results?CMP=fb_gu
So, should a mobile phone ban be compulsory in all schools?
The research was carried out at Birmingham, London, Leicester and Manchester schools before and after bans were introduced. It factored in characteristics such as gender, eligibility for free school meals, special educational needs status and prior educational attainment.
It also found that schools which did not enforce the ban adequately did not see any improvement in their academic results, providing further evidence that the ban was responsible for the improvement. The study also ensured that other policies which may have affected the results were not introduced. It also conducts a placebo test to ensure that ongoing trends were not responsible for the improvement.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/may/16/schools-mobile-phones-academic-results?CMP=fb_gu
So, should a mobile phone ban be compulsory in all schools?
(edited 8 years ago)
I wouldn't say an outright ban. Our school used to say they should be 'switched off and in the bottom of your bag'. Which seemed like a good rule to me, although this was very badly enforced. The problem with banning phones altogether is it becomes difficult to contact parents in case of a change of plan or emergency.
Original post by milliethemoo
I wouldn't say an outright ban. Our school used to say they should be 'switched off and in the bottom of your bag'. Which seemed like a good rule to me, although this was very badly enforced. The problem with banning phones altogether is it becomes difficult to contact parents in case of a change of plan or emergency.
Not if you take the phones on the way in, a good way of doing it would be a simple checklist next to ones name, declare whether or not they have a phone, whether or not they are in, and whether or not they have given in their phone or not, it'd be an easy way of doing the register as well. If they need to contact someone they would go find their phone at the front. It'd be a safe way of ensuring theft does not happen as well, as you can check people who have access and compare to relative check list.
(edited 8 years ago)
Yeah, I agree it's a good idea in theory, but would take a lot of organisation, and a lot of schools just can't be bothered with that 
There's more to life than getting good results. Banning phones is stupid.
Original post by Pennyarcade
There's more to life than getting good results. Banning phones is stupid.
school isn't your entire life... plenty of time left for downloading porno, watching conspiracy theories, texting your mates, cyberbullying and taking selfies outside school hours.
schools are judged on exam results though, so why wouldn't they want to ban mobiles?
Total ban in school? Absolutely not. Mobile phones give pupils some independence and allow them to contact parents during school time if needed for whatever reason.
They should be switched off during lessons, but a total ban on mobile phones is unnecessary and could cause a lot of inconvenience. e.g. If they miss their bus. There is simply no good reason for a total ban on mobile phones in school.
They should be switched off during lessons, but a total ban on mobile phones is unnecessary and could cause a lot of inconvenience. e.g. If they miss their bus. There is simply no good reason for a total ban on mobile phones in school.
Back when I was in school smartphones weren't even a thing. People played snake on their Nokia 3310s at lunchtime.
And they had to be away in bags during lessons.
I'd have assumed that would be the current rules but I guess kids want to use them in lesson?
And they had to be away in bags during lessons.
I'd have assumed that would be the current rules but I guess kids want to use them in lesson?
Original post by viddy9
An impressive study recently published has found that banning mobile phones in schools improves the academic results of students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds or who are underachieving.
The research was carried out at Birmingham, London, Leicester and Manchester schools before and after bans were introduced. It factored in characteristics such as gender, eligibility for free school meals, special educational needs status and prior educational attainment.
It also found that schools which did not enforce the ban adequately did not see any improvement in their academic results, providing further evidence that the ban was responsible for the improvement. The study also ensured that other policies which may have affected the results were not introduced. It also conducts a placebo test to ensure that ongoing trends were not responsible for the improvement.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/may/16/schools-mobile-phones-academic-results?CMP=fb_gu
So, should a mobile phone ban be compulsory in all schools?
The research was carried out at Birmingham, London, Leicester and Manchester schools before and after bans were introduced. It factored in characteristics such as gender, eligibility for free school meals, special educational needs status and prior educational attainment.
It also found that schools which did not enforce the ban adequately did not see any improvement in their academic results, providing further evidence that the ban was responsible for the improvement. The study also ensured that other policies which may have affected the results were not introduced. It also conducts a placebo test to ensure that ongoing trends were not responsible for the improvement.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/may/16/schools-mobile-phones-academic-results?CMP=fb_gu
So, should a mobile phone ban be compulsory in all schools?
I use my phone to contact my family and when I'm free, I sit in the quite corners of the library with my earphones ad watch A-level maths videos. The phone is an integral and important part of a students life and shouldn't be banned at al.
Students might get a better result If the UK had a constant and a correctly structured educational system instead of the ever changing and ever difficult tests and material we have to cover.
tru
but trying to apply the ban to the rebellious generation that we are
but trying to apply the ban to the rebellious generation that we are
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